Getting HTML out of PHP

[947740]

Basically, I want to set a variable equal to the HTML output of a PHP file.  file_get_contents() does not work, because it tries to read the entire file.  Is there a good way to do this?

[flyhoney]

You can probably do this, but I wouldn't recommend it:

 

<?php

ob_start();

include('some_file.php');

$output = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();

echo $output;

?>

[947740]

And, why wouldn't you recommend it?

[flyhoney]

I have no clue what is in "some_file.php".  Including it like that _might_ work, but it will clutter up your namespace with whatever code is in "some_file.php". 

 

Try it, maybe it will work just fine